Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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